Miziołek, Jerzy: Sol verus (Wrocław [u.a.], 1991)

CONTENTS

Introduction......................... 9

I. The Church and the Pagan Cult of the Sun.............. 11

II. Resurrectio

Observations on the currus Solis in the Tomb of the Julii in the Vatican Cemetery . 31

III. Secundus Adventus

The mosaics on the Triumphal Arch in S. Paolo fuori le mura in Rome and in the
Domes of Hagios Georgios in Thessalonika and the Capella Palatina in Aachen

(Aix-la-Chapelle) ..................... 50

IV. Transfiguratio — Theophania Theophaniarum

On the Symbolism of Light in the Mosaics of the Basilica at Mount Sinai.... 85

Conclusion.................. .'• ■........ 107

Appendix............................ 109

List of abbreviations........................ 124

Bibliography.......................... 125

Index of names......................... 146

Index of biblical and mythological personages and iconographical representations ... 154

Index of localities and monuments................... 156

List of illustrations (in Polish)..................... 160

Ulustrations........................... 165

Sol verus. Studies on the Iconography of Christ in the Art of the First Millennium (summary) 167

List of illustrations (in English)..................... 183